He disliked his school-fellows, and therefore was not displeased with Mr Frampton's reforms; but he disliked Mr Frampton and the new masters, and therefore hoped the school would resist their authority.

As for what he himself should do, that would depend on which particular antipathy was uppermost when the time came.
Curiously enough, Bolsover by no means disliked Scarfe.

They rather respected a fellow who had ideas of his own, when they themselves had so few; and as each boy, as a rule, could sympathise with his dislike of everybody else, with one exception, he found plenty of adherents and not a few toadies.
Forrester was about the only boy he really did not dislike, because Forrester did not care twopence whether any one liked him or not, and he himself was quite fond of Scarfe.
"What do you think the fellows will do ?" said the junior, after attempting for the sixth time to "drop" the ball over the goal without success.
"Why, obey, of course," said Scarfe scornfully.
"Shall you ?" "I suppose so." "Why, I thought you were going to stick out." "No doubt a lot of the fellows would like it if I did.

They always like somebody else to do what they don't care to do themselves." "Well, you and I'll be on different sides," said the youngster, making another vain attempt at the goal.

"I'm sorry for you, my boy." "So am I; I'd like to see the Sixth beaten.